Stewart Hobbies Closed

locomotive2 Oct 19, 2004

  1. locomotive2

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  2. Colonel

    Colonel Staff Member TrainBoard Supporter

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    Where were Stewart hobbies and were they a large business in model railroading?
     
  3. Martyn Read

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    They were in HO scale, so probably didn't tip your radar, but they had a large range of plastic RTR diesels, mostly older/more exotic types (Baldwins, Alco's etc) , but also F units. Arguably the best F units available before the recent Athearn/intermountain ones.

    They also did a few freightcar kits that were fairly good, some open hoppers of various types and some PRR/PC/CR ore gons.

    If they have just closed down and are not selling the firm on, that will be a loss to the hobby. :(
     
  4. virtual-bird

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    Staff of 10 people it must have been a big operation...

    Always sad to see a business in the hobby close. its just one less in a decreasing circle of stores.
     
  5. NYandLB_Fan

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    Stewart Hobbies always provided a good product and customer support.
    Sadly, another American business down the tubes.
     
  6. Martyn Read

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    They were a manufacturer not a store. This is their info on the Walthers site:
    http://www.walthers.com/exec/page/manuinfo/v691

    Quite a large product range. [​IMG]
     
  7. virtual-bird

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    Even worse a manufacturer closing!
     
  8. Martyn Read

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    The site is now back up, current 'rumour-du-jour' is that it was hacked by an ex-employee... :rolleyes: [​IMG]
     
  9. Petey

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    Stewart Hobbies has been sold to Bowser. Find info at the Bowser site.
     

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